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Anonymous wrote:I travel a lot for work. The first thing that I realized was how trash American breakfasts were. We're practically the only country that doesn't start its day with veggies, and no, a tablespoon of onions, tomatoes, and spinach in an omelet doesn't count. Also, savory porridge is super common in most other countries. I started making my own version here and love it for breakfast.

So I guess your travels have never taken you to western europe, among other places?

Every day the idiots on here get more and more self assured, it's unbelievable...

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I think this person would pass out if they could see what the italians or french have for "breakfast"

My French mother has coffee, a cigarette, and then a kiwi with plain yogurt.
Then another coffee and another cigarette.
She's painfully thin and hardly eats anything.

The "continental" breakfast of pastries, or toast with butter and jam, isn't eaten by many people I know. Lots of French kids eat cereal, but often it's quite junky.

My French mother has coffee for breakfast. And that's it. She'll say she makes up for it at lunch, but her lunch is just a croissant. She is also painfully thin and now
approaching 80, not in great health.

I read a book called “Bonjour, kale” by an American woman who temporarily moved to Paris. She wrote that they invited the couple next door the dinner, and their eyes popped out at the amount of food laid out. The Frenchwoman then proceeded to eat exactly 3 noodles.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I travel a lot for work. The first thing that I realized was how trash American breakfasts were. We're practically the only country that doesn't start its day with veggies, and no, a tablespoon of onions, tomatoes, and spinach in an omelet doesn't count. Also, savory porridge is super common in most other countries. I started making my own version here and love it for breakfast.

So I guess your travels have never taken you to western europe, among other places?

Every day the idiots on here get more and more self assured, it's unbelievable...

+1
I think this person would pass out if they could see what the italians or french have for "breakfast"

My French mother has coffee, a cigarette, and then a kiwi with plain yogurt.
Then another coffee and another cigarette.
She's painfully thin and hardly eats anything.

The "continental" breakfast of pastries, or toast with butter and jam, isn't eaten by many people I know. Lots of French kids eat cereal, but often it's quite junky.

My French mother has coffee for breakfast. And that's it. She'll say she makes up for it at lunch, but her lunch is just a croissant. She is also painfully thin and now approaching 80, not in great health.

I think this is not uncommon and something Americans miss when they talk about how lucky French women are to eat all those croissants, cheeses, and chocolate. They eat VERY VERY small portions of those things. I am American but lived for years in France and Belgium and I remember going out in HS with girlfriends for lunch. We'd get 2 ham and cheese crepes to split amongst 5 or 6 girls. Or one cornet of frites. It was basically picking, although with high fat foods.